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Ending CWB Monopoly Brings Big Changes

By Allan Dawson October 27, 2011

Next August 1 ushers in what is arguably the most radical policy shift in Western Canada s grain industry since the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly was created nearly 69 years ago. Western wheat, durum and barley farmers will have marketing freedom. What then? Farmers and the industry are divided over whether it will usher in

Opinion

A Dose Of Buhler Logic

By Laura Rance-Unger October 27, 2011

It must have felt particularly sweet for John Buhler, founder of Buhler Industries Ltd. to be honoured with a degree for distinguished achievement during the University of Manitoba s fall convocation Oct. 19. The self-made multimillionaire and noted philanthropist was a high school flunkie. As he described it while addressing the Harvest Gala banquet in

Crops

Manitoba Entrepreneur Says Sea Buckthorn Packs A Punch

By Shannon VanRaes October 27, 2011

Genghis Khan used it, and so did the cosmonauts, ancient Greeks, and modern Chinese Olympians. Now Mila Maximets wants Manitobans to get on board and start consuming sea buckthorn. The tart orange berry is more commonly associated with shelterbelts than health foods in this province, but it s the sole ingredient in Solberry, a new

News

Ottawa To Spend $400,000 In Latest Effort To Protect Lake Winnipeg

By Daniel Winters October 27, 2011

The federal government will spend $398,050 for nine new community projects in its latest round of funding for the Lake Winnipeg Basin Stewardship Fund. The Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative will deliver real results to help clean up and rehabilitate Lake Winnipeg, said James Bezan, MP for Selkirk-Interlake, speaking on behalf of Federal Environment Minister Peter

Country Crossroads

Farm Mentorship:

By Lorraine Stevenson October 27, 2011

Ashley Cot had begun to walk toward the tour bus that had brought her to visit the St. Claude-area dairy farm when she suddenly turned back. Could she ask just one more question, she politely asked farm owner Roger Philippe. For the past hour she d diligently taken notes, pausing occasionally to stoop and give

Cereals, News

Former CWB Minister Reg Alcock Passes

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 20, 2011

Reg Alcock, the Winnipeg member of Parliament who led then-prime minister Paul Martin s political defence of the Canadian Wheat Board, died early last Friday of a reported heart attack at age 63. Alcock, the MP for the Winnipeg South riding from 1993 to 2006, served in Martin s cabinet from late 2003 to early

Country Crossroads

Sign Up Now For A Tour

By Candy Irwin October 20, 2011

Freelance contributor For a fascinating day next year, sign up for one of two Whitewater Prisoner of War Camp Horse-Drawn Wagon Tours organized by Friends of Riding Mountain National Park. To begin, each participant is arm banded with a strip of red cloth, denoting that they have become German prisoners of war. An appropriately costumed

Cereals, News

Cwb Impasse Stymies Buyers

By Allan Dawson October 13, 2011

Canadian millers could be forced to import wheat from the U.S. if they can t forward contract with the Canadian Wheat Board or private trade during the transition to an open market, industry officials say. Millers and other food processors routinely forward contract wheat up to a year in advance but the pending end of

News

What’s Up – for Sep. 29, 2011

September 29, 2011

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. Sept. 30-Oct. 2:Manitoba Honey Show, The Forks Market, Winnipeg. For more info visit www.beekeepingmanitoba.com (click on Events ). Sept. 30:University of Manitoba Transport Institute s Fields on Wheels conference, Delta Winnipeg Hotel, 350 St. Mary Ave. Theme: Grain transportation under a new wheat marketing regime.

Livestock

Researchers Test Bee Virus Treatments

By Shannon VanRaes September 29, 2011

Testing of possible treatments for a virus associated with the varroa mite is continuing to move ahead at the University of Manitoba. We ve got it to a point where we can show it does kill the virus, said Rob Currie of the university s entomology department, referring to the use of double-strand RNA in

Daily Network News

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